The Labor enquirer., 1887-10-15

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James E. Quinn 81 discreet ~ asE
sembly y Of New York presented
Ethe following resolution under q
suspension 81 the rules: |
Considering that the develop
ments Of the human mind ID the
nineteenth century has reached !
point expressed almost unani-'
mously against capital punishment
|by taking human life BY ! judicial
process as a relic Of barbarism;
Therefore be it
"Rks0lyed, That this convention
expressits sorrow that the men IN
Chicago were doomed. to death,
and that it use every endeavor to
secure a communication Of the sem
tence of death which was passed
upon them"
The convention was at once
Thrown into the widest excite
ment, and scores of delegates were.
trying at the same time to obtain
the floor.
Powderly decided the motion
out of order.
Joseph Evans of Pittsburg ap-
pealed from this decision, but the
appeal was lost by a vote ofI5I to
81.
Before the vote on the appeal
was taken Mr.. Powderly called
General Worthy Foreman Griffiths
to the chair and in a short and We
hement speech called upon the
convention to defeat the resolu-
tion. He said no true Knight of
Labor could be an anarchist. He
appealed to the delegates in inn
passioned words to prevent the
purposes of the order from being
outraged by the passage of any
such resolution. It.was the hot
test speech Mr.. Powderly was ever
known to make.
MINNEAPOLIS, Mimi, Oct. II
The Knights of Labor general as
sembly this morning approved the
demand Of the local painters for
an increase Of wages and congrat-
ulated them on an increased scale
of wages and congratulated them
on the matter having been SUBJ
mitted for arbitration.
1t was agreed to send a general
lecturer to the Pacific Coast for
three months during the coming
year, to facilitate the spread of the
order among the newly arrived
foreign element.
1t was decided to publish the
constitution and ritual in Polish,
Bohemian and Italian.
| MINNEAPOLIS, Oct. I2.-The
principal part of the afternoon
session of the Knights of Labor
general assembly was devoted to
the report of the committee on
strikes and boycotts.
The committee favors the en-
dorsement of the general execu-
tive boards action in the matter
of the stockyards strike in Chi
cago, but a delegate wishing to
explain some things from the
standpoint of the other side, the
matter was postponed for his ben
eft.
There have been only two note
worthy tilts in the convention up
to date. The first was over the
Buchanan matter, and the second
over the anarchist question Mon
day afternoon. A good many of
the delegates do not hesitate to
say that something will yet be in
troduced in the convention that
is bound to create a big turmoilJ
Said well-posted and welI-bal-
anced delegate, who is pronounc-
ed administration man, this morn
ing: "The work of the convention
is running along altogether too
smoothly to last. The antis are
taking things too easy. They
have sprung one or two things on
the convention in order to learn
the strength of the two factions.
In both cases they have been de-
teated, but they are not the kind
OF men to give in too easily. They
came here prepared to make a big
fight on the general officers, from
Powderly down, and on the policy
of the administration inaugurated
within the last year. They have
not brought up the matter in any
sort of way as yet"